1.   After the August financial collapse, Primakov became the consensus candidate for prime minister, acceptable both to the communists who dominate Parliament and to some market reformers.

2.   David Glass has emerged as the seeming consensus candidate to save the hometown nine, and his entry to the lists would be welcomed by many.

3.   Hume was to have been the consensus candidate of the major Irish parties.

4.   Hume said Monday he was honored to have been asked by the major parties to be their consensus candidate.

5.   It could take weeks to find a consensus candidate.

6.   To be offered the presidency of your country as a consensus candidate is clearly a great honor.

7.   While it is still possible that a consensus candidate will emerge by then, it now seems likely that the post will remain vacant for a time.

8.   After two weeks of negotiations with political parties and lawmakers, Preval has been unable to find a consensus candidate to replace Smarth.

9.   But other Europeans, notably the Germans, are said to oppose the Italian and Johansson might well end up as the only consensus candidate.

10.   But other Europeans, notably the Germans, are said to oppose the Italian, and Johansson might well end up as the only consensus candidate.